Fulton County IN Archives Photo Tombstone.....Shelt, Eldridge N. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Laurie Lewis lewishouse@rtcol.com November 10, 2011, 6:59 am Cemetery: Akron IOOF/Akron Cemetery Name: Eldridge N. Shelt Date Of Photograph: October 2011 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/fulton/photos/tombstones/akronioofakron/shelt823gph.jpg Image file size: 220.3 Kb Sep 5, 1845 Nov 14, 1936 Co G 128 Ind Inf, "Last survivor Henry Twp Enlisted at Akron, Ind., Nov 25, 1863, 3rd Brigade 23rd Army Corps, in 13 hard battles, discharged at Raleigh, N.C., Apr 15, 1866," Additional Comments: Monday, November 16, 1936 Elbridge N. SHELT, for many years a resident of Akron, and the last survivor of the Henry twp Civil War Volunteers, passed away Saturday evening at 8:35 o'clock at the home of his daughter, in Indianapolis. Funeral services for Mr. Shelt will be conducted Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Akron Methodist church, with the Rev. J. F. STEPHENSON officiating. Elbridge N., son of William and Mary McCLOUD SHELT was born in Summit County, Ohio, September 5th, 1845. He came to Fulton county in 1848 with his parents and the McCloud families, locating in the eastern part of Henry township near a lake. The lake at that time was without a name and the elder McCloud named it Summit, in honor of the Ohio county. In a few years these settlers moved to New Ark, joining the pioneers in settlement welfare. Elbridge spent his boyhood in Akron, and enlisted in the U. S. service of the Civil War at Akron on November 25th, 1863, private of Captain John CORBIN's Co C, 128 Ind Volunteers Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 23rd Army Corps. He enrolled as a farmer and participated in thirteen battles, namely: Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta, Ga.; Franklin, Tenn.; Dalton, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Lost Mountain, Brunt Hickory, Rough and Ready, Jonesboro, and Lovejoy, all in Georgia, and Columbia, Tenn. and Kenston, N.C. He was honorably discharged at Raleigh N.C. April 10, 1866. He returned to his home in Akron with a fine record of service of which his friends were proud. Mr. Shelt then resumed farm life for several years. He married Catherine ONSTOTT, who died in 1885. Soon after the death of his companion he went to Elkhart where he was employed for several years. He then married Catherine WILEY and to this union two children were born: Mrs. William WOLF, of 2930 Ruckel St., Indianapolis, and William H. SHELT, of Clevaland, Ohio. For a period of about a score of years Mr. Shelt was deputy at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Circle Place, retiring from that position at the age of 84 years. In March of 1932 he fractured his hip and fully recovered. He possessed a wonderful memory and was an authority on the pioneer days of Henry township. At the Akron Centennial he was an honored guest as he knew the town when it was under the name of New Ark. Mr. Shelt was a member of the Methodist Church having united in that faith many years ago. Survivors other than the daughter and son are two sisters, Mrs. Emma BROWN, of Lafayette, formerly of Rochester; Mrs. Sara E. SHAFER, of Akron; two half- sisters, Mrs. Ella NOYER and Mrs. Ina BRUNDIGE of Akron. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fulton/photos/tombstones/akronioofakron/shelt823gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb